Senior Strategy Developer
Company: Quanta Search
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
How You Can Make an Impact As a Senior Strategy Developer on one
of our growing high-frequency trading teams, you will partner
directly with a group of Traders and a Senior Developer to advance
a platform that optimizes current and new algorithmic trading
strategies in global markets. This person will work alongside a
group of talented and passionate individuals in designing,
implementing, and owning solutions to exciting problems. The ideal
candidate is looking to have a significant impact on a hands-on,
performance-driven team and will be appropriately compensated for
their effort. Manage the current strategy model and partner with
another talented development mind to build out new alpha-generating
strategies Communicate with Traders daily to maintain trading
production across global markets Identify possible enhancements,
design solutions and implement new trading applications in a clean,
concise way that continues to decrease latency for greater
execution edge What You'll Need BS or MS in Computer Science or
STEM-related field of study preferred 5 years of low-level C++
programming experience including C++ 11/14/17 required Prior
experience with distributed systems and multi-threaded application
design and development required Linux/Unix experience required
Prior scripting experience with Python highly preferred Experience
with kdb or another time-series database highly preferred Prior
experience in a proprietary trading or financial services
environment highly preferred
Keywords: Quanta Search, Des Plaines , Senior Strategy Developer, IT / Software / Systems , Chicago, Illinois
